One year later, Alex Cobb still dealing with effects of line drive

Summary of 2 articles · Updated Jun 13, 2014

It has been a year since Alex Cobb was struck by the line drive off the bat of Eric Hosmer on June 15, 2013, and the truth is that the moment still lingers with him. He thought about it during the start after that, when a hitter ripped a comebacker that C… (more)obb got out of the way of and snagged with his glove. He remembers the drive to the hospital in the ambulance, and thinking of the minor league teammate who a few years earlier had been struck in the head and began suddenly bleeding from the brain later that night. Playing without American League hits leader Jose Altuve, who sat out with a bruised right hand, the Astros didn’t make much contact on a night they would have needed plenty of runs to help righthander Collin McHugh .

Strikeouts mount as Cobb pitches Rays past Astros

.share-print{margin-right: 130px !important;}Share this:It didn’t take very long for Rays righthander Alex Cobb to send the Astros down a miserable road Friday night at Minute Maid Park. Cobb started Dexter Fowler down K Street, and most of the Astros f…